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Gimnasia Y Esgrima (Comodoro Rivadavia)
Club Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia is an Argentine basketball and team handball club based in the city of Comodoro Rivadavia in Chubut Province. The basketball team currently plays in the Liga Nacional de Básquet, the top level of the Argentine league system. Its home arena is the Estadio Socios Fundadores. History A group of inhabitants of Comodoro Rivadavia (most of them with Spanish ancestors) established Club Gimnasia y Esgrima on February 13, 1919. Eloy Cánovas was elected president of the club although the club was registered 20 years later. At the beginning, Gimnasia was a social club rather a sports institution. Gimnasia was first based on España street, moving then to San Martín street of the same city. Gimnasia y Esgrima organized the traditional "Maratón de los Barrios" (Marathon of the neighborhoods) for the first time in 1942. This competition was one of the most notable running events in Comodoro Rivadavia. The club was also a tennis pioneer in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liga Nacional De Básquet
The Liga Nacional de Básquet (abbreviated LNB, and literally in English, "National Basketball League"), also commonly referred to as "La Liga de Básquet" ("The Basketball League"), is the top-tier level of the Argentine basketball league system. The league is under the auspices of the Basketball Clubs' Association (in Spanish: ''Asociación de Clubes de Básquetbol''). The LNB's predecessor league is the now defunct Campeonato Argentino de Clubes, which was organized by the Argentine Basketball Federation. The league was created through the efforts of basketball coach León Najnudel, and sports journalist Osvaldo Orcasitas, in the 1980s, to make Argentine men's club basketball more competitive, through the merging of the many existing local leagues. It is designed like the NBA, with a regular season, all-star game, and playoffs. However, unlike the NBA, the LNB has a promotion and relegation system, with the La Liga Argentina (LLA), the league level that is immediately below t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess
Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games, such as xiangqi (Chinese chess) and shogi (Japanese chess). The recorded history of chess goes back at least to the emergence of a similar game, chaturanga, in seventh-century India. The rules of chess as we know them today emerged in Europe at the end of the 15th century, with standardization and universal acceptance by the end of the 19th century. Today, chess is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide. Chess is an abstract strategy game that involves no hidden information and no use of dice or cards. It is played on a chessboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. At the start, each player controls sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball Teams In Argentina
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a backboard at each end of the court, while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling) or by passing it to a teammate, both of which require considerable skill. On offense, players may use a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shooting Guard
The shooting guard (SG), also known as the two, two guard or off guard,Shooting guards are 6'3"–6'7"BBC Sports academy URL last accessed 2006-09-09. is one of the five traditional positions in a regulation basketball game. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for their team and steal the ball on defense. Some teams ask their shooting guards to bring up the ball as well; these players are known colloquially as combo guards. A player who can switch between playing shooting guard and small forward is known as a swingman. In the NBA, shooting guards usually range from to while in the WNBA, shooting guards tend to be between and . Characteristics and styles of play ''The Basketball Handbook'' by Lee Rose describes a shooting guard as a player whose primary role is to score points. As the name suggests, most shooting guards are good long-range shooters, typically averaging 35–40 percent from three-point range. Many shooting guards are also strong and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jervaughn Scales
Jervaughn Scales (born August 11, 1971) is an American-Argentinian former professional basketball player. He played three years of college basketball for the Southern Jaguars before playing professionally between 1994 and 2015. Early life A native of New York City, Scales and his family moved four different times within the metropolitan area before he was 15 years old. They relocated, permanently, to Dayton, Ohio at that time, and it was in Ohio that he discovered how much he enjoyed playing basketball. Due to low test scores, Scales did not get recruited out of high school. Only Southern University took a calculated risk in recruiting him, although he was forced to sit out his freshman season due to Proposition 48 rules. College In his three years of eligibility between 1991–92 and 1993–94, Scales had a standout career. He led the Southern Jaguars to the 1993 NCAA Tournament as a junior Junior or Juniors may refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * ''Junior'' (Junior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Jones (basketball, Born 1975)
Charles Rahmel Jones (born July 17, 1975) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA), with the Chicago Bulls (NBA) & Los Angeles Clippers (NBA). Raised in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, Jones was one of two children of Charles and Cathy Jones and graduated from Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School in 1993. His brother Lamont Jones is also a basketball player. In 1997, Jones estimated to ''The New York Times'' that around 15 of his friends from Bedford-Stuyvesant were killed on the streets. He played at The Soul in the Hole in Brooklyn. Jones attended Rutgers University and Long Island University, before spending two seasons in the NBA for the Chicago Bulls (1998–99) and the Los Angeles Clippers (1999–2000). He would later decline a contracts before signing in Italy. Due to a fracture of his shooting hand, he would continue to play abroad despite never receiving therapy, notable stops in Greece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sportivo Ben Hur
Club Sportivo Ben Hur is an Argentine sports club from Rafaela, Santa Fe Province. The club was founded in 1940 and is mostly known for its basketball and football teams. Other sports practised in the club are aerobics, bowls, chess, field hockey, and swimming. Basketball Basketball is the sport that gave the most important successes to the club, winning the 2004–05 national championship, and the Liga Sudamericana 2006 among other titles. The club's in-doors arena is the Coliseo del Sur. Titles *Liga Nacional de Básquet: 1 :2004–05 *Liga Sudamericana: 1 :2006 *Torneo Nacional de Ascenso: 1 :2001–02 *Liga Federativa C: 1 :1994–95 Football Football has been the main activity of the club since its foundation, although Ben Hur has achieved important titles in basketball as well. In its early years, Ben Hur started playing in the local league of Rafaela, but it was not until 1997 when Ben Hur left the regional tournaments to join the Argentine Football Association. The club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boca Juniors (basketball)
Boca Juniors basketball section is part of the Boca Juniors sports club based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The team plays in the Liga Nacional de Básquet (LNB), the first division of the Argentine league system. Boca's home games are played at the Estadio Luis Conde, also called the ''Bombonerita'' (in English: "Small Bombonera"), as a reference to the club's football stadium known as the ''La Bombonera''. Boca was one of the most successful teams before the creation of the LNB, winning many titles such as the Torneo Oficial, Torneo Apertura and Torneo Metropolitano organized by defunct leagues Federación Argentina and Asociación de Buenos Aires. Since the establishment of the LNB in 1985, Boca has won three championships (in 1996–97, 2003–04, and 2006–07)Historial de campeones de la Liga on LNB website, 2010-09-29 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libertad De Sunchales
Club Deportivo Libertad (usually called simply Libertad or Libertad de Sunchales) is a sports club from Argentina, with homebase in the Sunchales city of Santa Fe Province. The club is better known for both its association football and basketball teams. Apart from those sports, other disciplines hosted by Libertad are bocce, equestrianism, karate, roller skating, tennis, and volleyball. Football The club's football team plays in the Torneo Argentino A, the regionalized 3rd level of Argentine football. Club's most important achievement has been gaining promotion to the Argentino A during the 2006–07 season of the Torneo Argentino B. Squad of 2011–12 Basketball The basketball team currently plays at the top division of Argentine league system, the Liga Nacional de Básquet The Liga Nacional de Básquet (abbreviated LNB, and literally in English, "National Basketball League"), also commonly referred to as "La Liga de Básquet" ("The Bask ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estudiantes De Olavarría
Club Atlético Estudiantes, usually called Estudiantes de Olavarría, is an Argentine sports club based in Olavarría, Buenos Aires Province. Club's nickname is ''Albinegro''. Estudiantes gained notoriety in late 1990s when the basketball team won two Liga Nacional de Básquet The Liga Nacional de Básquet (abbreviated LNB, and literally in English, "National Basketball League"), also commonly referred to as "La Liga de Básquet" ("The Basketball League"), is the top-tier level of the Argentine basketball league system ... titles, in 1999–00 and 2000–01, coached by Sergio Hernández (basketball), Sergio Hernández. The club also won the Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol, Liga Sudamericana in 2001. The team currently plays in the Liga Nacional B, the third level of the Argentine league system. Its home arena is Parque Carlos Guerrero. Apart from basketball, the club hosts a large variety of sports, such as artistic roller skating, association football, field hockey, golf, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
León Najnudel
León David Najnudel (14 July 1941 – 22 April 1998) was an Argentine professional basketball player and basketball coach, and the main driving force in the creation of the Liga Nacional de Básquet, the first nationwide yearly professional basketball league in Argentina. Playing career Najnudel played for Villa Crespo, Victoria, Barracas Juniors and Atlanta. Coaching career *Atlanta: 1963–1971 *Corrientes Province youth team: 1971–1975 *Ferro Carril Oeste: 1976–1982 *CB Zaragoza (Spain): 1983–1984 *Argentina national basketball team: 1985 * Sport Club Cañadense: 1986–1988 *Ferro Carril Oeste: 1988–1990 * Deportivo San Andrés: 1991 *Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia: 1992–1993 * Boca Juniors: 1994–1995 * Racing Club: 1995 *Ferro Carril Oeste: 1996 Honours ;Ferro Carril Oeste * Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes: 1981, 1982 *Liga Nacional de Básquet: 1989 ;CB Zaragoza * Copa del Rey de Baloncesto: 1983 Stats *League games: 448 games with 241 wins and 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Gimnasia y Esgrima (Gymnastics and Fencing) is the name of several sports clubs in Argentina: * Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires (GEBA) *Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia *Gimnasia y Esgrima de Concepción del Uruguay * Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy (GEJ) * Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (CGE or GELP) ** Gimnasia y Esgrima (basketball) *Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza *Club Gimnasia y Esgrima de Rosario *Gimnasia y Esgrima de Santa Fe Club Atlético Gimnasia y Esgrima (usually known as Gimnasia de Santa Fe) is an Argentine football club. Their home town is the neighbourhood of Ciudadela, in Santa Fe city, Santa Fe Province of Argentina. They currently play in regionalised 5th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
